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Manchester panel says tap water, horses don't mix
By MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
Manchester mayor backs restrictions on horses near drinking water
- Manchester Water Works officials are poised to write their own restrictions on horseback riding on their vast holdings in the Lake Massabesic watershed after the state's top environmental official backed down from including the prohibitions into state regulations.
Water Works Director David Paris said horse ridership - and horse waste - have increased over the years around the region's water supply. He said the lake is fragile, and water quality has decreased and blooms of blue-green algae have become more frequent.
Yet this month, N.H. Department of Environmental Services Commissioner Thomas Burack wrote four Republican state senators and said portions of the proposed watershed protection rules that irked horse riders would be removed.
Burack wrote that additional time is needed, and he wants evaluation of "long term water quality trends" in Lake Massabesic and review of the available science into any effect that recreational activities have on water quality.
Last week, Paris said: "I feel the DES maybe should consider protection of tap-water consumers first on their list of priorities. They've put recreation ahead of the risk to our tap-water drinkers in southern New Hampshire."
Assistant DES Commissioner Vicki Quiram said that's not the case. Rather, the DES was surprised by the reaction against the horse restrictions.
"We think it's very, very important to hear from people, and it's very important to assess the science," she said. She said the comment period on the regulations close Monday.
In the meantime, the Manchester Board of Water Commissioners is considering horse restrictions in the rules that apply to property it owns within the watershed, said Kim Griswold, chairman of the Commission's Rules and Regulations Committee.
"Manchester Water Works is not in the recreation business," Griswold said. "We're in the business of providing the healthiest, cleanest water we can to Manchester ratepayers."
The penalties associated with Water Works rules could not be as severe as those resulting from DES rule violations. DES violations could result in a misdemeanor criminal charge. Water Works can only issue court summonses to people who violate its regulations.
This month, 300 people attended a comment period to oppose the Water Works restrictions, according to a news release issued by the campaign office of state Sen. David Boutin, R-Hooksett.
Boutin said New Hampshire equestrians are among the best stewards of the environment.
"The Manchester Water Works committee may have the best of intentions to protect water quality, but these proposed rules are not supported by any scientific evidence and would do nothing but restrict the ability of horseback riders to enjoy one of our state's greatest multi-use resources," Boutin said.
Paris said horse droppings can contain cryptosporidium, a small organism that can cause severe gastro-intestinal illness in people. Droppings can also put nutrients into the water that result in algal blooms.
He said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has toughened regulations regarding toxic blue-green algae, and recent research has linked the algae to Lou Gehrig's disease.
Paris said he doesn't have hard scientific data about the lake readily available. But in the 40 years he's worked with Water Works, he said he's seen the water quality go down. Factors include road salt, climate change and nutrient loading, he said.
Paris said he started working with the DES in 2011 on a rewrite of state regulations that cover watershed protection. The effort stalled for unknown reasons, he said, but then started up again last year.
In November, the DES issued draft watershed protection regulations. A portion dealing with Water Works property in the Lake Massabesic watershed:
. Banned any horseback riding through water in lakes, ponds or streams.
. Restricted horses to designated gravel fire roads.
. Prohibited horses from bike trails, boat launches and picnic areas.
The final proposed regulations, issued March 11, eliminated those restrictions.On March 17, Burack wrote Boutin and fellow Sens. Chuck Morse of Salem, Sharon Carson of Londonderry and Jim Rausch of Derry to say the horseback riding restrictions at Lake Massabesic had been deleted.He said the DES will work with Water Works and the public to assess additional protective measures.
Quiram said she can't say how long it will take to examine scientific issues dealing with horses and the quality of Massabesic's water. She said horses are a small part of an overall set of rules dealing with watershed protection.
"We can always step back in at any time and modify a rule," she said.
Paris said he's disappointed with the delay. He said lots of data are available about the water, but the records are stored away.
He said he tried to work with the equestrian community. They ruled out horse diapers. And they rejected the idea of using only trails far from the water; they enjoyed the nice views, he said.
Burack is expected to sign a final rules proposal by May 5. The rules then go to a joint legislative committee for final review, comment and approval.


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Winter Haven cops say Demetrius Nickerson tossed away a bag of pot at the Polk County Courthouse shortly after setting off the security metal detector, reports WTSP News-10 in Tampa Bay.
He exited the courthouse and discarded the pot in a garbage can. When he went to retrieve it later, the cops were waiting for him.
Who could be so foolish to tote their drugs inside a courthouse?
Nickerson is not alone, unfortunately.
Bay County: Man brings pot pipe, handcuff keys into courthouse, deputies says
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text: To Haul or Not to Haul December 13, 2013 06:19 PM Tweet Single repair situations that can be accomplished with predictable parts in one trip are often easy and economical in-field fixes. © LINDSEY BENNE TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Dan Anderson Farm Journal Columnist Email Which is cheaper: to fix equipment on the farm or transport it to the dealership for repairs? Cell phones and remote diagnostics are changing the equipment maintenance process. When a piece of machinery is in need of repair, is it more economical to haul it to the nearest shop or have a mechanic come to the farm? The answer depends on the machine, the type of repair and several other variables. The biggest and most costly factor is time. "If it's a tractor that just needs a water pump, that's a single repair that can be accomplished with predictable parts in one trip," says Chad Stoline, corporate service manager for the Van Wall Group, a John Deere dealership in central Iowa. "A service call is the perfect solution in that situation. "If you're looking at off-season inspection and maintenance for a combine with 3,000 or 4,000 hours," Stoline explains, "it's a no-brainer to get that machine to the dealership shop because it's going to take three or four days, which would mean multiple trips for the mechanic. The time a mechanic spends traveling to and from a machine is part of what makes service calls more expensive." Dealerships are offering incentives, including discounted haul rates in the off-season, for farmers to prioritize preventive maintenance. Cost effective? In general, customers pay a dealership's standard hourly shop rate from the time the mechanic leaves the dealership until he or she returns, along with a fee to cover fuel and vehicle expense. Anything that adds to the length or complexity of the service call, such as a return to the dealership for additional parts or tools, rapidly adds to the total cost of the repairs. Because in-shop repairs tend to be more cost effective, many farmers find there is value in paying to have their tractors hauled to a repair shop. Lang Diesel, an AGCO and Challenger dealership in Hays, Kan., charges $5 per loaded mile to haul tractors to their shop. "We really emphasize preventive maintenance," says Gabe Flaska, Lang service manager. "To encourage that, if they send the tractor for off-season preventive maintenance and repair, we'll haul it for half price. Not having to pay for the mechanic's fuel and driving time for a couple trips back and forth to the farm usually saves more than the cost of trucking." Large combines and tractors with dual or triple wheels that are awkward to haul to the dealership often lead to hybrid repair strategies. "We have two fully-equipped trucks with cranes," explains Scott McDaniel, service manager at Vetter Equipment, a central Iowa Case IH dealer. "There's a trend to pull the broken engine or transmission out of the machine on the farm and bring it to the shop. That lets us rebuild the engine or transmission in controlled conditions and saves the customer from having to bring the machine to the shop," McDaniel says. A quicker response. Some circumstances eliminate the option of transporting all or part of the broken machine to a shop and mandate fast on-farm repairs. "Places such as dairies don't have days off or an off-season," Stoline says. "So any repair to their machinery is pretty much all mobile service." The same theory applies to mowers or balers that go down in the middle of a hay field with rain in the forecast or a planter that quits just as thunder clouds loom on the horizon. In that case, the customer has to work with the dealership to determine what's wrong with the machine, what parts the technician will need to bring and the best way to get it fixed as quickly as possible. Expert inspection. 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WHY: The new license agreement broadens Faraday's portfolio of ARM technology and provides access to the advanced, mainstream ARM Intellectual Property (IP) found in today's leading devices. In particular, Cortex-A9 MPCore processors will enable Faraday to address the emerging requirements for the cloud computing market that is an area of focus for the ASIC provider.
Furthermore, by adopting Mali-400 MP GPUs, Faraday will be able to extend design services to feature high-quality graphics performance required for smartphones, superphones, tablets and smart-TVs. The seamless combination of Faraday's integration capabilities and ARM IP will satisfy customer demands for next-generation platform designs and provide consumers with the improved visual and user experience they demand.
"Faraday is committed to providing services that enable customers to realize their vision competitively using SoC solutions that are more cost-effective and provide greater differentiation," said Wilson Tzang, President, Faraday Technology Corporation. "With access to a wider portfolio of advanced ARM IP, our customers will benefit from a broader range of SoC design services, regardless of target applications, and shorten their time-to-market."
"Faraday is a great example of an ARM partner that has adopted advanced ARM technology to provide customers with world-class solutions," said Mike Inglis, executive vice president and general manager, Processor Division, ARM. "By extending its license to include Cortex-A9 processors and Mali-400 MP GPUs, Faraday will be able to reinforce its core competencies and provide highly competitive, advanced SoC solutions required for devices, such as smartphones and smart-TVs."
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WASHINGTON—A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday threw out federal rules requiring broadband providers to treat all Internet traffic equally, raising the prospect that bandwidth-hungry websites like Netflix Inc. might have to pay tolls to ensure quality service.
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Company to Implement SoFi Software for Tracking of U.S. Green Initiatives
BOULDER, CO--(Marketwired - Feb 4, 2014) - PE INTERNATIONAL, a global sustainability software and services firm, has been selected by LG Electronics USA to help manage its sustainability initiatives. Using PE INTERNATIONAL's SoFi software, LG will measure and report on its U.S.-based sustainability metrics, supporting the company's environmental stewardship programs and its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its U.S. operations 50 percent by 2020 (compared with a 2008 baseline).
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"By selecting SoFi to manage its sustainability programs, LG is poised to expand its environmental leadership," said John Heckman, PE INTERNATIONAL's North American director. "We look forward to working together with LG to help them identify opportunities across the company's supply chain, make further reductions to their greenhouse gas emissions and align their metrics and sustainability initiatives."
LG's engagement with PE INTERNATIONAL will further support the company's environmental sustainability leadership. Among other honors, LG has been recognized on the 2014 Global 100 World's Most Sustainable Corporations Index by Corporate Knights, named by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as an ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year in both 2012 and 2013 and awarded Marriott International's 2013 Supplier Sustainability Award
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After witnessing the World Superbike Championship relegated to the obscurity of the beIN Sports channel for live race coverage (it was good coverage though), American motorcycle race fans can rest easy, as Dorna has finally inked an American TV deal for MotoGP.
Signing a three-year deal with FOX Sports, the 2013 MotoGP Championship will again air on the SPEED Channel, which will then become the FOX Sports 1 channel later in August (the Indianapolis GP will air during the new channel's premiere week).
The news is a relief for the fans who thought MotoGP would go without television coverage in the United States this year, though that was never really a possibility.
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Actor Jason London has vehemently denied reports suggesting he lashed out at cops during an arrest in Arizona on Sunday (27Jan13).
The Dazed And Confused star ended up in handcuffs after he was involved in a bust-up during a night out at the Martini Ranch bar in Scottsdale.
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(Reuters) - Veeva Systems Inc shares nearly doubled in their market debut on Wednesday, underscoring strong demand for cloud-based software makers with niche technologies and healthy revenue.
Veeva's share price touched a high of $39.64 on the New York Stock Exchange, valuing the company at nearly $5 billion.
Veeva offers customer relationship management (CRM) and content management software to the life sciences industry, competing with companies such as Oracle Corp, Cegedim SA of France and EMC Corp.
The company's software is used by 33 of the 50 largest drug makers, including Novartis AG, Merck & Co , Eli Lilly and Co and Bayer Healthcare AG, it said in its IPO filing. (http://r.reuters.com/nun73v)
Listings of other cloud software companies such as Tableau Software Inc, ChannelAdvisor Corp, Textura Corp and Benefitfocus Inc were well received with a majority of them trading above their IPO price.
Veeva raised about $194 million after its IPO was priced at $20 per share, well above the expected price range.
Of the 13 million shares sold in the IPO, Veeva offered 9.7 million shares, while the rest came from stockholders.
Veeva was co-founded by Peter Gassner in 2007, a former executive of Salesforce.com Inc, the biggest provider of cloud-based CRM services.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., -- October 21, 2002 -- Artisan Components, Inc., (Nasdaq: ARTI), a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NurLogic Design, Inc., a privately held technology firm headquartered in San Diego, California. NurLogic supplies high-performance mixed signal and communications IP to the semiconductor industry.
Under the terms of the agreement, Artisan will acquire NurLogic for consideration of $21 million consisting of a combination of cash and stock and the value of assumed options. The acquisition is expected to close at the end of December 2002, subject to customary closing conditions.
Artisan believes that NurLogic's strategy of focusing on mixed signal IP required for today's complex system-on-chip (SoC) designs complements Artisan's digital library product focus. With semiconductor process technology driving increased functionality and higher chip speeds, designers require high-performance analog timing blocks (PLL's, DLL's, etc) to meet critical system clock requirements. Increased chip frequencies are driving the need for high-bandwidth I/O functions and NurLogic has products designed to meet these requirements. NurLogic was the first to deliver a HyperTransport™ PHY I/O core in 0.13-micron CMOS offering an aggregate bandwidth of 12.8 Gbps. Adding this capability to Artisan's widely used design platforms expands the set of solutions available to SoC designers.
"NurLogic's focus on analog timing functions and high bandwidth connectivity solutions adds complementary elements to Artisan's design platform," said Mark Templeton, president and CEO of Artisan Components. "Bringing together Artisan's and NurLogic's technologies to deliver more comprehensive semiconductor IP solutions makes sense for both companies."
"Joining with Artisan offers NurLogic an opportunity to reach a broader customer base with our products, " said William Peavey, president and CEO of NurLogic. "All of us at NurLogic are excited to become a part of the Artisan team."
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To improve as a runner, regardless of your ability and experience, you need to run consistently over long periods of time. But logging miles regularly—some at quicker paces to prepare for races—can result in overuse injuries.
Outsmart injury with this six-step process:
- Learn your body
- Develop efficient patterns of movement
- Improve joint mobility
- Strength train
- Identify training errors
- Increase your body awareness
Learn Your Body
When runners and triathletes visit Erik Taylor, a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified trainer in Redondo Beach, California, the first thing he does is analyze their strengths and weaknesses. Sounds simple, but this requires a trained eye.
"There are deviations in biomechanics and these will lead to injuries," Taylor says.
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If you've suffered from the same recurring injury, or experience soreness, tightness or aches in the same places frequently, visit a trained specialist, sports medicine doctor or physical therapist for a biomechanical analysis.
"Evaluating and addressing possible misalignment, motion or stability issues can optimize a runner's ability to cope with the repetitive pounding and occasional overreaching associated with running," says Ken Nicodemus, exercise physiologist and director of The Fit Stop Human Performance Lab in Carlsbad, California.
One way to help with stability issues is to choose your running shoes carefully, Nicodemus advises. Ensure the type and fit is appropriate for your mechanics and terrain, and replace worn shoes every 400 to 500 miles. If you experiment with a new brand or type—minimalist shoes, for example—give yourself time to adjust. Start with a 20-minute easy run in the new shoes and increase time in them gradually if you don't experience discomfort or blisters.
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Develop Efficient Patterns of Movement
After Taylor, a former member of the Nike Farm Team (a post-collegiate running program whose goal was to develop Olympians and national champions), exposes a client's weaknesses, he helps him or her build structural integrity, or the foundation of a strong, injury-free body.
"Building the base of biomechanics helps you move efficiently without deviations," says Taylor. "For example, when you perform a functional exercise [such as a plank], everything should be in alignment; the midline of your core should be strong enough to hold your spine without deviation."
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WASHINGTON — Restaurateur B. Smith will be the guest chef Wednesday in a White House restaurant run by the Navy.
Word got out during an interview that Michelle Obama taped ahead of time and was broadcast Tuesday on Smith's program on SiriusXM radio.
Smith said her menu will be soulful and healthy. Mrs. Obama described White House staff as anxious to get their lips on Smith's food.
Smith's restaurant at Washington's Union Station serves Cajun, Creole and Southern food. She also has two restaurants in New York.
The White House mess was established in 1951. Cabinet secretaries can make reservations to eat in, while West and East wing staff are served by a takeout window.
Smith's stint is part of Black History Month observances by the White House.
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Nik Peachey is a veteran of more than 20 years in ELT, working all over the world as a language teacher, and a freelance teacher trainer, technology trainer and consultant. One of his areas of expertise is designing online training courses. In 2012 he was awarded a British Council ELTon for Excellence in Course Innovation for the Blended Learning in ELT course he designed for Bell Educational Services.
The holder of a Masters in Educational Technology and ELT, he delivers the Media & Technology module on the University of Westminster MA TESOL. A frequent presenter at major conferences worldwide, he is also well known to teachers through his various online personae. These include the 'QuickShout' and 'Learning Technology' blogs.
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Tamkeen wins Arab award for Facebook page
Manama, July 4, 2013
The Facebook page of Tamkeen, Bahrain's labour fund, has won the award for best interactivity at the fifth Arab eGovernment Awards in Dubai.
Tamkeen marketing communication manager Hala Sulaiman accepted the award in the ceremony attended by senior officials and thought leaders of the digital sector across the Arab world, reported the Gulf Daily News.
Tamkeen was the only Bahraini entity nominated for the award.
The award is the third regional award that Tamkeen has won in the past year.
Commenting on the occasion, Tamkeen chief executive Mahmood Al Kooheji said: "Bahrain has always been a pioneer in the e-sector and is ranked among the world's top countries in this area.
"As such, we are honoured to represent the country in this leading event which seeks to enhance governmental communication in the digital realm to improve services to citizens, promote the creative spirit and build knowledge-based economies, all of which are in line with Tamkeen's objectives." – TradeArabia News Service


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The Zerodraft Revolution
A version of this article appears in the May/June 2005 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
May 01, 2005
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but intense frustration is often its coparent.That was the experience of Tony Woods, president of Canam Building Envelope Specialists and Zerodraft, in Ontario.Ten years ago, Canam, one of North America's pioneer air sealing consulting/contracting firms, was consistently disappointed by poor-quality weatherstripping, foam, and other sealant products. Suppliers of these products "completely failed to understand the market and to give any kind of support to their contractors," says Woods. So if you want the job done right, do it yourself— which is what Woods and Steve Tratt (now Zerodraft's national sales manager) did with the creation of Zerodraft. Zerodraft began by manufacturing its own highend weatherstripping products for a number of retrofit window and door applications. Over time, it expanded its product line to include one- and two-component polyurethane foam sealants, a blower door, an air leakage detector (commonly known as the Smoke Puffer), and caulk. However, about four years ago, Woods and Tratt realized that products alone weren't solving the problems that many ...
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To train your cat to scratch acceptable objects, sprinkle catnip and a few food treats on a sisal-wrapped scratching post, a corrugated cardboard scratcher or even a non-treated fireplace log. Place it next to the object you wish to protect.
It was 1995 when Rae French, founder of the Snuggles Project, stepped foot in an animal shelter for the first time. A blackboard with statistics hung on the wall. The data showed some dismal odds: Only 24 percent of cats that enter an animal shelter are adopted, and 71 percent are euthanized.
French was there to hand over a local stray she sometimes fed that was about to give birth. It was a Siamese cat, so French figured the feline and its kittens would be adoptable.
After seeing the statistics, "I turned to my husband and said, 'I can't. Let's just take her home,'" says French. But saving just a few of the millions of cats that enter shelters each year didn't seem like enough. "That knowledge was just so overwhelming, and I had to do something about it," she says.
The Snuggles ProjectSeeing the kittens born reminded French of the time her first cat, Fuzzy, had babies. Fuzzy died shortly after childbirth, and French desperately wanted to save the babies.
"When Fuzzy died and left those kittens, I put them in a little box and wrapped them with scraps of things I was knitting to keep them warm," says French.
Even though French couldn't save the kittens, she noticed that the blankets seemed to comfort them. At the time, she was running an online crocheting group with 2,000 members worldwide, so she logged on and told her story. She asked if anyone would like to make and donate a security blanket (what she called a "snuggle") for shelter animals. To her surprise, boxes started arriving from across the globe, and the Snuggles Project was born.
The project helps people create and donate snuggles to local animal shelters in their area. To date, more than 500,000 snuggles have been donated to animal shelters worldwide. The blankets offer cats something soft and warm to curl up on rather than bare steel, concrete or plastic. Beyond that, French believes snuggles provide much needed psychological comfort that can literally save cats' lives.
"Often, when scared cats get a snuggle, they calm down, stabilize and the shelter people see that they can be adoptable," she says.
How to Help Save Shelter Cats
You might get involved with Hugs for Homeless Animals, the nonprofit that French started to run both the Snuggles Project and other initiatives that support shelters and find homes for animals. Barring all that, you could donate money.
Brad Kloza is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine and Discover. He is a frequent contributor to The Daily Cat.
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Tam says: I have precious ones of my own that are like family, and have a quilt shoppe from home b/c I was disabled by someone over a decade ago but since I found places to donate quilts for military kids and little ones in the hospitals and the homeless that need donations;I've only just found this place but the closest places that take them are a county either east or west of me and I can get them there. Is it possible to mail them to the shelters in either of those counties? I always am picking up fleece remnants to give mine for blankies they love'em just unfolded and nested up I don't even have to make them into a blankie but that's them. If I could mail the snuggies to a shelter I would save pieces to a bin labled for them also and make them as I can and send them. thx.
Michelle Schnittker says: My name is Michelle.Since I heard of the snuggle project ,I got a friend involved as well.We collecting fabric scraps from where ever we can get it from.Once a month we going to thrift stores and buy fleece and flannel blankets and sheets.We cut them up and make them into thick blankies and beds for the cats/dogs and what ever moves.We sell our crafts at craft shows and the money we donate to shelters.It is so rewarding,it has become a fulltime job for me .Who ever has any time to spare ,join in .The look in the animals eyes once they get to snuggle up in these blankets will stay with you forever.
Marie Wildman says: would help if you gave approximate dimensions - even if it's just minimum/maximum size - so readers would have a better sense of what's needed.
Nancy says: I make Snuggles and bring them to my local shelter. Any size from lap size to afghan size is appreciated.
Sheila says: Sizes for snuggles are given on the Snuggles website.
Holly says: Hello everyone! I got a little 'verklempt' when I read this article- what a wonderful thing you all are doing! I have been working in animal shelters for over 5 years and I am still amazed at the kindness and support the community gives us. My job is very difficult because the disparity between unwanted animals and welcoming homes is too much for any shelter to deal with. For all those big hearts out there- please focus on the importance of spaying and neuturing in your community- that is what will make this world a better place for our furry friends. In the meantime- keep up the good work! Shelters across the country NEED your help!
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I had first learned about this recipe for a rhubarb-based spicy sweet sour sauce from the seasonal cookbook Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life way back in the rhubarb season of 2009. I was particularly intrigued because it'd been the first (and still the only) recipe I'd seen for using rhubarb in a savoury setting. It was originally intended for use as a sauce with pork belly and Chinese-style egg noodles with spring salady shoots. It was yummy enough, but something in my head just kept saying "this sauce is going to be amazing with stingray" (aka skate, for you Western types).
In my native Singapore stingray is often slathered in sambal belacan, wrapped in banana leaves and then BBQed (I'm salivating just thinking about it, thank God I'm due for a visit home in 2 weeks!). I figured the rhubarb sauce was going to give the silky gelatinous meaty stingray a lot of fabulous tartness and heat, but without the heavy pungence of the fermented shrimp paste in the belacan. A lighter, more assam-style taste, with a Western-hemisphere substitute for tamarind, if you will.
So I tried it, I loved it, and I've waited 2 years -- with 15 months of backpacking in between -- for rhubarb season to finally roll around again so that I could share this with you. It's a touch off the beaten track, but I hope you like it!
Ingredients for the sauce:
Makes 1 large jar, enough for 2-4 servings of stingray
400g rhubarb stems
4-6 cloves garlic
1 large thumb of ginger
1 medium sized onion
2 chillis (I like to use a mix of red and green to get different colour highlights in the sauce)
4 tablespoons honey
4 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 heaped teaspoon five spice
Separately, portion 1 medium sized skate wing per person. All the skates in this post were bought from Maximus Fishing at Bermondsey Farmer's Market
Directions for the sauce:
- Trim and chop up the rhubarb and place in a deep saucepan
- Peel and chop the garlic, ginger, onion and chillis, and combine with the rhubarb
- Add the honey, soy sauce and five spice
- Add just a touch of water, to wet the bottom of the sauce pan
- Use a hand mixer and blitz the mixture into a pulp
- Turn on stove to medium heat, and let the pulp cook for ~15 minutes, mostly to cook the rhubarb through and let the flavours mix
- Taste, and add honey and soy sauce as needed to get to a balanced taste that you like
- When the sauce bubbles, turn heat down to low and let simmer
Directions for the stingray:
- Start on the stingray just after you put the sauce on the stove
- Drizzle olive oil or brush butter onto both sides of the stingray, season liberally with salt and black pepper
- Turn oven on to medium-heat grill (we used a fan-grill. If your oven doesn't offer a fan function the cooking time will be a touch slower)
- Place the stingray on a sheet of foil on a tray, and grill for ~7 minutes
- Flip over the stingray and grill for another 5-7 minutes (if you like, sprinkle some finely sliced onions on the 2nd-side grill, and drizzle with a little oil. The sweet charred taste rocks)
- Check that the stingray is cooked through -- the meat pulls off very easily when it is -- and remove from grill
- Slather with the rhubarb sauce and garnish with coriander
Tuck in!
- I've tried blitzing the sauce ingredients before cooking, and have also tried blitzing it only after cooking. I prefer the former method -- it retains a more fibruous texture rather than jammy
- I've yet to try this recipe on a charcoal grill, but if you're having a BBQ I would suggest wrapping the stingray in foil or banana leaves and BBQing for about the same amount of time.
- If wrapped up you're going to steam rather than grill the stingray, so the meat is likely to be much more gelatinous. Even more so if you slather on the sauce and cooking the stingray in it
- I'm going to experiment with what other fish this might work for. Mackeral might be a good candidate! Other ideas, folks?


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Ian Sansom has written a new book about paper, and the Guardian is running an excerpt from it [1]. A characteristic anecdote:
Ephemeral, it reminds us eternally of the eternal. It is unsurpassed as a spiritual technology – the perfect multi-faith, multi-purpose platform for almost any religious event and occasion. Whether protecting ourselves with paper amulets, making offerings of votive slips, or nailing it to Wittenberg church doors, paper has the advantage over other popular spiritual technologies – such as, say, blood, animal carcasses, crystals, hairshirts, metal cilices, or Scientology E-meters – of being light, flexible, inflammable, capable of being decorated and inscribed, and not requiring batteries. Perhaps the purest expression of paper's otherworldly aspects are Tibetan lungta papers (lung meaning "wind" and ta meaning "horse"), those beautiful, small, square pieces of thin paper that are thrown up into the air to carry prayers, to bless a journey, or just for good luck. Shide, white paper strips, are hung on ropes at Shinto shrines to mark the division between the sacred and profane. Hongbao – little red envelopes containing "lucky money" – are presented as a gift at weddings and at Chinese new year. Joss paper, or ghost money, is burned as an offering at funerals and at anniversaries, so that one's ancestors might live prosperously and in peace.
In another passage he describes the vast amount of paper used by the artists of Pixar, though the examples he cites are a bit out of date, making me wonder whether the company has remained as attached to the pulpy stuff as it was.
The most popular drawing app for the iPad is called Paper [2], and it's great — I use it a lot, just for fun — but of course paper is the one thing it can't reproduce the look and feel of. Its pencil tool makes marks just like a pencil, its highlighting tool works just like a highlighter, but a slick, shiny glass screen is nothing like a piece of paper.
Paper — interestingly textured and colored paper — is the thing I find myself missing as I move more and more into a digital world: not writing on it with a pen (which is important to so many people) or seeing the look of type on it, but the paper itself. I wonder whether our genius engineers will ever manage, or indeed will ever try, to reproduce its most appealing features.


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An Iraqi Village in the Californian Desert
Everything in Medina Wasl – which means "Crossroads Junction" – seems just like we know it from the news about Iraq: A bomb explodes, machine guns rattle, cars go up in flames, dead bodies and wounded people litter the ground. Iraqis meet their deaths, the women bewail their losses. Shiites fight against Sunnis, the US Army tries to get the chaos under control.
And then a signal is given and suddenly the whole game is over. The dead stand up again, dust themselves off. Seconds later they are munching on sandwiches and making jokes.
Medina Wasl is one of thirteen villages in California's Mojave Desert, 150 kilometers from Los Angeles, where the US Army is simulating the war in Iraq. The village serving as scenery is actually a collection of clapboard buildings that looks a little like a town in a Hollywood Western. A mosque has also been fashioned out of several layers of wood, its minaret rising up at the end of the street. Next to it is a cobbled together Iraqi cemetery with gravestones made of wood instead of stone.
Plastic dolls, fake blood, real tears
Authentic by contrast are the over 200 Iraqi civilians who, together with genuine US soldiers, have been cast in fixed roles in the virtual war scenario.
Bassam plays the Deputy Mayor of Medina Wasl, sitting across from a US commander who says into the camera: "The cultural norms of the Iraqis are important to us. We want to appear professional, polite and prudent."
The screenplay for the two- to three-week training camp envisages not only the use of propaganda but also anti-US demonstrations. Some of the Iraqi actors chant in chorus "Down with George Bush!" and "Hang the Yankees!"
Plastic dolls with rotating limbs and injuries oozing fake blood are made up to look like wounded, then treated and cared for as if they were real people. Real tears are shed for the burial of the phony dead. Nothing is left to chance. This makes a professional impression on the viewer, but as the film goes on it all seems increasingly alienating and absurd.
Patriotic or critical?
"The reality is much more complex, difficult and dangerous than the US Army can enact in this kind of camp," says Jesse Moss, one of the two directors. "Our film is meant to be an allegory about the lies and good intentions of the US military, which have turned into the reverse."
Without the interviews with the Iraqi actors, the film would be only half as compelling. Listening to the music accompanying some of the scenes, one might even get the idea that these images are meant to inspire patriotism. At least that's the way some viewers felt at the film's premiere at the Berlinale.
"Our goal was to make an observant documentary film. Not one that takes the viewer by the hand and tells him what to think," says Moss. "This war is insanity and the Bush administration bears the responsibility for it and for the many deaths."
Accused of betraying their homeland
In the film, the military's dramatization, allegedly designed to sensitize its members to a foreign culture, ends up unmasking the military itself instead. In one scene, a US soldier is seen watching an Egyptian sitcom with two Iraqi actresses. The soldier's childlike face comprehends neither what is happening on screen nor the smiles of his companions.
"The first three days of a training camp, I always have a hard time with the Iraqis," one of the soldiers who was already in the real war in Iraq admits.
Among the Iraqi actors are several who fled their country during the war. Acting here is anything but a matter of course to them: "At the beginning I felt guilty working here. Some people in the Iraqi community accuse me and my colleagues of betraying our homeland," relates one of the actors, who has role number '4491': "I thought about quitting, but part of the money I'm earning here I send home to my family in Iraq."
Fictional battlefield – real actors
In the film the Iraqi actors celebrate an Arab wedding. An execution video is shown in which one of them acts the part of victim. This scene is hard to bear without an appreciation of black humor. In the end, the US military hands over Medina Wasl to the Iraqi authorities. In the subsequent celebrations, another attack occurs. The new mayor is killed.
"The army behaves like a big corporation that wants to show what it is planning for the future," comments Tony Gerber, the second director. "This machinery goes on running and keeps the culture of fear alive in the USA, instilling constant anxiety about being attacked by new enemies."
Currently, Medina Wasl is being converted. Out of the Iraqi village, a backdrop for the war in Afghanistan will be created for USD 12 million.
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Wow. It feels like I haven't blogged in forever. Here's hoping I can make it up to you all with this post.
Last month I was in Montreal visiting my darling friend Mayssam (photos to be published very soon), and it turned into a gastronomic holiday - an absolute food feast fest involving all sorts of food tastings, food market visits, restaurant visits and taste tests. I guess that's what happens when any two (or more) food bloggers get together.
But I digress. Mayssam made us a gorgeous Key Lime Pie and it's been something on my list of things to do for this blog for the longest time. So naturally I was inspired and when I arrived back home - I went straight into the kitchen to experiment, and it's been Key Lime pie, day in and day out since.
Experimenting with this recipe brought back so many memories from my childhood, I can't even begin to tell you how comforting the whole experience was. We had a whole bunch of massive citrus trees growing in our back garden: bittersweet pink grapefruit, super-sweet oranges, gorgeous fresh lemons and of course, limes.
The lime tree was my favourite, mostly when it was in bloom in early spring. The heady scent of the flowers wafted all around for months, and as it was right next to my bedroom, I'd open my windows first thing in the mornings and allow that gorgeous smell to glide in and fill the room - it was the most natural air freshener anyone could ever hope for. I could never understand how something so sweet like the smell of those tiny lime blossoms could turn into something as sour as the lime fruit. And we used lime in almost everything: drizzled over chicken, fish, with potatoes and mustard seeds, and of course in all sorts of desserts.
For this recipe, I substituted the normal biscuit base for an oreo base and the combination works beautifully. It's such a simple, easy and quick dessert to make, and I really think it's very versatile: you could use oranges, berries, different base mixtures - the combinations are endless. Topped with a good dollop of whipped cream - it's pure bliss on a plate!
Now, I don't know if you read Delicious magazine or not, but I'm a massive fan, and in this month's issue, they launched their 'We Love Knobbly Veg' campaign, and I love it - it's all about celebrating the unloved fruit and veg in the world with all their bumps, discolourations and bruises. They taste just as good as 'perfect' fruit & veg, and in buying and using them, you help the farmers that grow them, reduce waste and save money in the process.
I love this campaign and fully support it. For this post, I looked for the knobbliest and most discoloured limes I could find, but obviously, there wasn't that much around. I'll keep trying from now on, not just for all the above reasons, but I think they will make for more interesting photos too.
In other news, I've had a redesign of the blog: a new banner, new fonts and font colours (bye-bye pink!), a navigation bar at the top of the page and some fabric on the sides. Do you like it? Would love to know what you think.
Also, a great weekend workshop has just been announced: From Plate to Page, formed and run by the fabulous Jeanne, Jamie, Meeta and Ilva. It looks really exciting and covers a whole range of workshops from food styling to photography to writing. It will be held in Weimar, Germany on the 20th-23rd May 2011. See the Plate to Page site for all the details.
And before I forget, next year's Food Blogger Connect dates have just been announced: 12th-14th of August 2011. See the FBC website for more info. Exciting!
And here it is: another Kitchenaid giveaway. I'm sure you might remember when I first gave a Kitchenaid away back in July, when I'd said I'd won 1 Kitchenaid. Well, I have a confession to make: the truth of the matter is, I won 3. All from the same competition. That's how I gave away another one in August, and this is the final one. I heard that they've stopped making these candy apple red ones now, so this might be your last chance to get your hands on one.
This giveaway is open to all email subscribers to this blog: if you're subscribed - that's great - you don't have to do anything, you'll automatically be entered. If you're not subscribed yet, it's easy: all you have to do is enter your email address in the box on the top left corner of this blog under 'Subscribe by email'. And that's it!
The giveaway is open to anyone worldwide, and ends at midnight, Sunday the 7th of November 2010. The winner will be chosen at random and notified by email. Good luck!
Oh, and just one more thing: Happy Halloween!
Oreo Key Lime Pie Recipe
Makes 6 small pies
16 (160g) Oreo biscuits, finely crushed
100g unsalted butter, melted
5 egg yolks
450ml condensed milk
6 limes, juiced
300ml double cream
2 tablespoons of sugar
Preheat oven to 175˚C. Grease 6 small pie dishes (measuring roughly 4" or 10cm in diameter).
Mix the crushed biscuits with the melted butter. Line the bottoms of the dishes with the mixture, slightly less than half full (or about two tablespoons per dish). Bake for 10 minutes, then remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.
In the meantime, start whisking the egg yolks, and slowly incorporate the condensed milk. Slowly whisk in the lime juice.
Pour egg yolk mixture into the pie dishes over the biscuit bases until it just touches the rim of the dish. Return to oven and bake for another 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool, then refrigerate overnight to solidify.
Whip the double cream with the sugar and spoon onto the pies.


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Review: 'Future Scenarios' by David Holmgren
Future Scenarios: How Communities Can Adapt to Peak Oil and Climate Change
By David Holmgren
126 pp. Chelsea Green Publishing – Apr. 2009. $12.00.
In this short, crisp, well-reasoned book, writer and activist David Holmgren contemplates the possible futures that may lie ahead of us as the threats of climate change and oil depletion grow ever more acute.
The book doesn't contain much in the way of new information for people who already know about climate change and peak oil. (For those unfamiliar with peak oil, it's the inevitable, and almost certainly past-tense, point at which world oil production can't grow any longer and must begin its remorseless, terminal decline.) Serious followers of these issues have long been reading almost daily about so-called oil reserve growth, collapsing exports, the role of energy in shaping human history and accelerated Arctic melting, among other issues on which Future Scenarios' opening chapters dwell at length. Further, the conclusions that Holmgren draws from this background material in later chapters are mostly obvious ones to those who are informed about the issues.
The book does, however, represent a solid attempt to demystify these concepts for the general reader. It also performs the vital, but seldom undertaken, task of illustrating the synergism that exists between peak oil and climate change, and thus the importance of addressing both of them together.
The method of Future Scenarios is to build on this initial setup in delineating some possible "energy futures" that could potentially await us. These hypothetical futures range from the utopian "techno-explosion," in which technology miraculously saves the day; to the slightly more credible "techno-stability" scenario, in which renewable energy sources seamlessly carry us from our current continual-growth economy to one built around "steady state" ideals; to the utterly terrifying collapse scenario, which is the least rosy of all.
Holmgren rejects all three of the above in favor of a fourth scenario, which he calls "energy descent." In this scenario, renewable energy sources prove incapable of sustaining our growth economy in the absence of abundant fossil fuels. Over a period of generations, our civilization undergoes progressive declines in complexity, population and economic activity. Localized rural communities, rather than metroplexes, once again become the focal point of our society. In short, we return to a simpler way of life that honors the ways of our sage preindustrial ancestors.
Since Holmgren believes energy descent to be the most likely scenario, he spends the rest of the book elaborating on it. And he further divides it into four sub-scenarios. This focus on multiple scenarios, as opposed to an explicit espousal of any particular one, is appropriate, since at this point we can't know exactly how peak oil and climate change will unfold—or how they will play against each other.
In the first of these energy descent sub-scenarios, energy decline is gentle but climate change is severe, leading to vicious climate feedbacks and a host of political ills including fascism and corporatism. In the second sub-scenario (the happiest of the four), both energy depletion and climate change unfold mildly, allowing us to make a graceful transition to sustainable, relocalized communities. The third sub-scenario assumes a drastic drop-off in fossil fuel availability but mild climate change symptoms. It requires us to rebuild our civilization from the bottom up, but without the added horrors of runaway climate change. All that need be said about the final scenario is that it marries the peak oiler's worst nightmares with those of the climate change prophet—a truly terrifying prospect indeed.
Holmgren, who has a sharp analytical mind and a knack for using charts and statistical analysis, thoroughly probes every dimension of these scenarios. He delves deeply into the social, ecological, agricultural and economic implications of each one, and then draws everything together nicely with a concluding chapter of synthesis and discussion.
It is also to Holmgren's credit that he makes a compelling case for permaculture—the environmental design concept that he and colleague Bill Mollison pioneered in the midst of the 1970s oil crises—as an effective response to our ecological crisis. Permaculture emphasizes economic relocalization, community building and low-energy design, all of which constitute commonsense mitigation strategies for ever-dwindling energy availability and worsening climate change.
In sum, Future Scenarios serves as a good introduction to the concept of future energy descent/climate change scenarios. Again, it offers nothing too earth-shatteringly novel for the sincere peak oil or climate change follower (who could easily finish it in a couple of hours, with distractions in the background), but it has much to offer someone who's still working through the learning curve on these issues (who would undoubtedly find it supremely enlightening).
Frank Kaminski is a member of Seattle Peak Oil Awareness, a connoisseur of post-oil novels and a regular book reviewer for Energy Bulletin. He can be reached at frank.kaminski AT gmail.com.


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Ah, summer. If you're lucky, and have access to a garden with verdant clumps of basil growing in it, there's nothing like its heady smell hovering in the summer heat. And for someone whose only experience with basil growing up was the dried variety, the sweet perfume and taste of its fresh leaves is incomparable and a welcome herald of warmer weather.
A Brief History
While Americans associate basil with Italian food, it is actually native to India and Southeast Asia. The earliest known reference stretches back 5,000 years to Indian Vedic texts. And true to its long history, basil comes in many varieties, from sweet basil known to many Italian recipes (Ocimum basilicum) to the "holy" basil (O. tenuiflorum) that is essential to ayurvedic medicine. Part of the mint family, other varieties include Thai (O. basilicum var. thyrsiflora) and Lemon basil (O. × citriodorum).
The green leafy herb has a history steeped in folklore. In India, it was used to ward off evil and was considered sacred. Europeans in the Middle Ages thought that basil caused the spontaneous generation of scorpions and that even smelling basil could lead to an unfortunate case of scorpions in one's brain. That said, should a scorpion sting you, folklore recommends basil as a cure... which could lead to more scorpions and more stings, but there you go.
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- Basil is also known as the king of herbs. The provenance of this is murky, but the Greek word for king, basileus, lends itself to this connection. In fact, in addition to its common French name, basilic, basil is also known as l'herbe royale in French. But if you want to slander someone in France -- perhaps picking up on basil's unflattering folklore -- the phrase to use is semer le basilic ("sow basil").
- Basil (O. basilicum) is also known as St. Joseph's Wort in English speaking countries.
- In India, under British crown rule, Hindus were allowed to swear on holy basil (O. tenuiflorum) instead of the bible in court.
- In Italy, put a pot of basil on your windowsill to signal a lover. But in Ancient Greece and Rome, it was believed that the herb would only grow where there was hatred and abuse.
Basil is a sun loving plant and enjoys warm weather with well-drained, loose soil. It can be grown from seed, requiring up to two weeks to germinate, or can be grown from cuttings allowed to grow roots in a small cup of water.
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Cooking : Basil is best enjoyed raw, allowing its sweet, pungent flavor to shine through, although the herb is a nice addition to hot Italian dishes such as pasta sauce.
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We should all strive for excellence.
We certainly try to teach our children to, so why shouldn�t we. No matter your age or occupation, you can always strive to be better.
And there is a good chunk of the population in Norristown doing just that.
Unfortunately, a few bad apples are spoiling the whole bunch, at least in the eyes of people who live outside the county seat, and in the eyes of people who live and work in the county seat.
With the recent rash of violence gripping Norristown we have been pushing council to take a stand. We brought them in for a roundtable discussion and talked about ways to combat crime. It was a good conversation and we�re looking forward to holding more roundtable discussions. For the next one I�ll ask for questions from you and your neighbors. And, as I�ve been harping all along, it doesn�t matter if you live in Norristown. The county seat is a reflection on the entire county, and the economic troubles and the social ills are shared by all.
Since the beginning of the New Year we�ve published a number of short stories, briefs and listings about groups doing the right thing in the wake of the violence, but something more has to be done.
Let�s face it; the groups doing the right thing are not the people we need to reach.
It�s the 25-year-old mother or father, or both, sitting on the couch playing video games while their 10 year old child is left to their own devices, that needs to hear about what productive members of society do day in and day out to make their own way in the world, and to make their own corner of the world a better place to live.
We published a story in yesterday�s paper about a group of young men who are doing just that.
The Norristown Men of Excellence is a group of Norristown residents who believe giving back to the community is simply the right thing to do. They believe this way because that�s how they were raised, seeing adults giving back to the community.
These are the role models we need some individual residents of Norristown to see, most notably the parents who aren�t being parents, who aren�t being role models for their kids, or even exposing the kids to role models.
This is a group that is placing a special emphasis on working with youngsters and providing support needed to keep them on the right track. They�ve held several events just for young people, including a football camp and presentations that show how to conduct yourself in an interview and basic life skills.
These are young men who are doing the right thing just for the sake of doing the right thing.
I could revisit all the names of the members of the Norristown Men of Excellence, and all of the names of the men they cited as being role models for them, but I think that would just be cheating the story. I�d rather you go back to yesterday�s paper and read the story on the front of the Living section, or, if you�ve already put the paper in the recycle bin, go online and read the story there.
But, therein lies the rub once again, doesn�t it?
I�d don�t think the people reading my column are the people that need the kick in the pants.
So, how do we get the word out?
How do we get the word out about the Norristown Men of Excellence and all the other organizations doing the right thing because it�s the right thing to do?
More importantly, how do we get the word out about these groups to the young parents who need to hear it most, and perhaps need a good shaking to wake them up at the same time?
I�d personally print out about a 1,000 copies of the story if we can find a group to pass them out to the right people. I could walk up and down the streets placing them behind screen doors, but I�d probably get a citation for littering. What I�d really like to see is about a thousand volunteers holding the story up in front of those who need to see it most while jabbing a finger into the page and telling them they need to read every word.
Now that would be excellent.
After all, isn�t a better Norristown something we should all strive for?
Stan Huskey is the editor of The Times Herald. He can be reached at 610-272-2500 ext. 215 or at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow @StanHuskey on Twitter.


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It seems inconceivable that the buoyant spirit, brash humor, infectious optimism and irrepressible candor of Ed Koch are no longer with us.
Koch, who died yesterday at 88, served three terms as one of the most critically important mayors in New York history.
And while it would be overstating things to say that he single-handedly saved the city during its darkest hour, it is doubtful many other mayors could have led New York down the path to recovery.
The passage of years has made many forget what New York was like when Koch was first elected mayor in 1977. Back then, the city had just averted bankruptcy but was still hopelessly, or so it seemed, in the red. A malaise gripped New York, a general feeling that the city was ungovernable — and increasingly unlivable.
The city's workforce — cops, firefighters, teachers, librarians — had been slashed to the bone, along with the services they provided. The streets were filthy and seedy, the infrastructure crumbling and the graffiti-laden subways on the verge of collapse.
Crime and the homeless were everywhere; sections like Bushwick and the South Bronx were wracked by arson and neglect.
It all came crashing down in a spate of lawlessness and chaos during a Con Ed blackout that summer, memorialized well by the Post headline: "25 Hours of Terror."
Nothing seemed to work. Even worse, nothing even seemed worth fixing.
Enter Ed Koch, with an animated public persona that hadn't been seen around City Hall since the days of Fiorello LaGuardia.
Though a product of the Greenwich Village reform movement, then-Rep. Koch campaigned as a "liberal with sanity, " particularly on the issues of crime and fiscal responsibility. He made no excuses for city conditions; on the contrary, he acknowledged how awful they were and spoke frankly about what City Hall could and could not do about it.
With his boundless optimism and ever-present humor, he convinced New Yorkers that their city had a bright future.
It seemed as if Koch was everywhere at once: When transit workers walked off the job for 10 days in 1980, the mayor was out on the Brooklyn Bridge every morning, greeting people as they walked into Manhattan and raising their spirits.
New Yorkers responded: In 1981, he was re-elected by a record margin, with the unprecedented backing of both major parties; four years later, he won yet again — with an even larger percentage.
That's because he achieved results that paved the way for the later successes of Mike Bloomberg and Rudy Giuliani.
Koch turned a $400 million deficit into a $500 million surplus. Once-seedy Times Square was revitalized, and 200,000 new housing units were built or rehabbed citywide. He tamed the municipal unions and reined in government-spending growth, restoring the city's credit rating.
And his willingness to cross party lines, support Republicans and not spare Democrats his angry tongue earned him national respect — and influence.
This paper had a special relationship with Ed Koch. Indeed, his first response when told that The Post was going to deliver a front-page endorsement in 1977 was, "You've just elected me."
He would later write a weekly column for these pages.
Like every other mayor, he had his share of difficulties. The paper was a big supporter of his one political miscue: running for governor in 1982, a race he lost to Mario Cuomo.
His relationship with minority community leaders was largely strained, starting with his closure of Harlem's Sydenham Hospital — a decision he later called his biggest mistake — and including his admonition that "Jews and other supporters of Israel would be crazy to vote for Jesse Jackson" for president.
(He was particularly outspoken on Israel, castigating those, like Jimmy Carter, whom he believed were unfairly critical of the Jewish state.)
He tried, but failed, to take control of the school system, a fight won only long after he'd left office. And his insistence on holding grudges for years was often counterproductive.
Koch's third term was marred by a corruption scandal that saw some of the city's biggest power-brokers led away in handcuffs and then-Queens Borough President Donald Manes commit suicide.
It also sent Koch into a state of personal depression that was lifted only by the intercession of one of his closest friends, the late John Cardinal O'Connor.
Koch ran for a fourth term but lost the Democratic primary to David Dinkins.
In retirement — well, there was no retirement for Ed Koch. He practiced law, wrote books and movie reviews, hosted TV shows, filmed ads, gave speeches and was always being quoted in the press.
To the end, he remained enormously influential and even shaped national politics. In 2011 his active support played a key role in getting a Republican, Bob Turner, elected to Congress in New York's heavily Democratic and Jewish 9th congressional district.
Koch's support for Turner in that race was meant to send a message about President Obama's hostility toward Israel. After the election, Koch said the president made it clear to him: Message received.
Sad to say, we'll never again hear Koch's trademark "How'm I doin'?" So here's a final heartfelt answer: You did great, Ed, just great. New York thanks you. RIP.